The Kluane Lake Research Station is located 220 km northwest of Whitehorse, Yukon, on the south shore of Kluane Lake.
Joined December 2020
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A peek inside one of our cozy cabins at the Kluane Lake Research Station; the station can support up to 40 researchers at once.
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Quick fact: The #Arctic Council's mandate focuses on #sustainabledevelopment and environmental protection. Its mandate, as articulated in the Ottawa Declaration, explicitly excludes military security.
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Calling #Yukon artists: There are just 3 weeks left to submit your work to the #YukonPermanentArtCollection! Deadline is January 18. Artists at any stage of their careers and from all communities are invited to apply: yukon.ca/en/yukon-permanent-… #yukonart
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The importance of these monitoring stations to climate scientists will only grow as they provide researchers with a long-term perspective of how climate change is playing out on the ice sheet itself. washingtonpost.com/weather/2…
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The #coronavirus pandemic is closely followed by an equally invisible threat to human health. Secondary #mentalhealth effects of the pandemic should not be underestimated, particuarly in the #Arctic where mental health is a long-standing challenge: ow.ly/SvF750CEuJe
Yukon Ghost Town
40 years prior to the Alaska Higheay being completed, Silver City was the end of the road west from Whitehorse. The site, now just slightly North of the Kluane Lake Research Station, was home to a highly energized gold rush in the early 1900’s.
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The wolf pup mummy is now on display at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Center in Whitehorse — body and fur intact, lips shrunken back so her teeth are visible in what looks a bit like a snarl. nytimes.com/2020/12/21/scien…
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Oxygen isotope changes indicate warmer & wetter climate in the Canadian Arctic since the 1970s+: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/1…
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To all our friends across the Arctic and beyond, we wish you a healthy holiday season, merry Christmas and happy New Year! ❄️
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Look at that stocking - its filled to the brim! We will be doing the draw for all the goodies on December 30th.
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🚩 The first aviation milestone for the Yukon took place on Aug. 16, 1920 when four De Havilland DH-4 biplanes appeared.
👉 Learn more about 100 Years of Yukon Aviation history: goytm.ca/100-years-of-yukon-…
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Across the circumpolar #Arctic, many are experiencing #polarnight when the sun does not rise above the horizon, often resulting in unique blue light. From today - December solstice - each day will gain a small amount of light.
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'Kind of incredible': Researchers uncover details about ice age #wolf pup found in Yukon | CBC News cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yuk…
Aerial views of the massive glaciers in neighbouring Kluane National Park; the Kluane Lake Research Station is situated next to the largest sub-polar icefield in the world.
Photo: Dr. Matthew Ayre
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Learn about about our ice age mummified wolf this Monday at 1pm MST. It will be LIVE SCIENCE as we have scientists from all across North America joining us. Learn about the event here:
bit.ly/3mtyJUX
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Once considered to be in dire straits, the population is now on the rebound, demonstrating the herd’s incredible sensitivity to human activity and management. thenarwhal.ca/yukon-stabiliz…
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Some scientists say genetic engineering could help forests become better carbon sinks. cbc.ca/1.5837766
KLRS is part of the Global Cryosphere Watch, an initiative to monitor and research cold climate and ice systems; it provides a framework for sustained observing of the cryosphere through a coordinated approach on global scales to deliver global and regional products and services.
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Our #RSPphotocomp 2019 winner of the Earth science and climatology category is 'Twister in the Yukon' by @LaurenJMarchant! This large, cone-shaped, funnel cloud was captured near Kluane Lake Research Station in the Yukon. Congratulations to Lauren! bit.ly/RSPphotocomp
